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There is no one, O my Lord, who can deal bountifully with me to whom I can |
turn my face, and none who can have compassion on me that I may crave his |
mercy. Cast me not out, I implore Thee, of the presence of Thy grace, |
neither do Thou withhold from me the outpourings of Thy generosity and |
bounty. Ordain for me, O my Lord, what Thou hast ordained for them that |
love Thee, and write down for me what Thou hast written down for Thy |
chosen ones. My gaze hath, at all times, been fixed on the horizon of Thy |
gracious providence, and mine eyes bent upon the court of Thy tender |
mercies. Do with me as beseemeth Thee. No God is there but Thee, the God |
of power, the God of glory, Whose help is implored by all men. |
Suffer me, O my God, to draw nigh unto Thee, and to abide within the |
precincts of Thy court, for remoteness from Thee hath well-nigh consumed |
me. Cause me to rest under the shadow of the wings of Thy grace, for the |
flame of my separation from Thee hath melted my heart within me. Draw me |
nearer unto the river that is life indeed, for my soul burneth with thirst |
in its ceaseless search after Thee. My sighs, O my God, proclaim the |
bitterness of mine anguish, and the tears I shed attest my love for Thee. |
I beseech Thee, by the praise wherewith Thou praisest Thyself and the |
glory wherewith Thou glorifiest Thine own Essence, to grant that we may be |
numbered among them that have recognized Thee and acknowledged Thy |
sovereignty in Thy days. Help us then to quaff, O my God, from the fingers |
of mercy the living waters of Thy loving-kindness, that we may utterly |
forget all else except Thee, and be occupied only with Thy Self. Powerful |
art Thou to do what Thou willest. No God is there beside Thee, the Mighty, |
the Help in Peril, the Self-Subsisting. |
Glorified be Thy name, O Thou Who art the King of all Kings! |
Thou beholdest, O my God, the Day-Star of Thy Word shining above the |
horizon of Thy prison-city, inasmuch as within its walls He who is the |
Manifestation of Thy Self and the Day-Spring of the light of Thy unity |
hath raised His voice and uttered Thy praise. The fragrances of Thy love |
have thereby been wafted over Thy cities and have encompassed all the |
dwellers of Thy realm. |
Since Thou hast revealed Thy grace, O my God, deter not Thy servants from |
directing their eyes towards it. Consider not, O my God, their estate, and |
their concerns and their works. Consider the greatness of Thy glory, and |
the plenteousness of Thy gifts, and the power of Thy might, and the |
excellence of Thy favors. I swear by Thy glory! Wert Thou to look upon |
them with the eye of justice, all would deserve Thy wrath and the rod of |
Thine anger. Hold Thou Thy creatures, O my God, with the hands of Thy |
grace, and make Thou known unto them what is best for them of all the |
things that have been created in the kingdom of Thine invention. |
We testify, O my God, that Thou art God, and that there is no God besides |
Thee. From eternity Thou hast existed with none to equal or rival Thee, |
and wilt abide for ever the same. I beseech Thee, by the eyes which see |
Thee stablished upon the throne of unity and the seat of oneness, to aid |
all them that love Thee by Thy Most Great Name, and to lift them up into |
such heights that they will testify with their own beings and with their |
tongues that Thou art God alone, the Incomparable, the One, the |
Ever-Abiding. Thou hast had at no time any peer or partner. Thou, in |
truth, art the All-Glorious, the Almighty, Whose help is implored by all |
men. |
Praised be Thou, O Lord my God! I bear witness that from eternity Thou |
wert exalted in Thy transcendent majesty and might, and wilt to eternity |
abide in Thy surpassing power and glory. None in the kingdoms of earth and |
heaven can frustrate Thy purpose; none throughout the realms of revelation |
and of creation can prevail against Thee. At Thy command Thou doest what |
Thou willest, and by the power of Thy sovereignty Thou rulest as Thou |
pleasest. |
I implore Thee, O Thou Who causest the dawn to appear, by Thy Lamp which |
Thou didst light with the fire of Thy love before all that are in heaven |
and on earth, and whose flame Thou feedest with the fuel of Thy wisdom in |
the kingdom of Thy creation, to make me to be of those who have soared in |
Thine atmosphere, and surrendered their will to Thy decree. |
I am all wretchedness, O my Lord, and Thou art the Most Powerful, the |
Almighty. Have pity upon me by Thy grace and bountiful favor, and |
graciously aid me to serve Thee and them that are dear to Thee. Potent art |
Thou to do as Thou willest. No God is there but Thee, the God of strength, |
of glory and wisdom. |
Many a chilled heart, O my God, hath been set ablaze with the fire of Thy |
Cause, and many a slumberer hath been wakened by the sweetness of Thy |
voice. How many are the strangers who have sought shelter beneath the |
shadow of the tree of Thy oneness, and how numerous the thirsty ones who |
have panted after the fountain of Thy living waters in Thy days! |
Blessed is he that hath set himself towards Thee, and hasted to attain the |
Day-Spring of the lights of Thy face. Blessed is he who with all his |
affections hath turned to the Dawning-Place of Thy Revelation and the |
Fountain-Head of Thine inspiration. Blessed is he that hath expended in |
Thy path what Thou didst bestow upon him through Thy bounty and favor. |
Blessed is he who, in his sore longing after Thee, hath cast away all else |
except Thyself. Blessed is he who hath enjoyed intimate communion with |
Thee, and rid himself of all attachment to any one save Thee. |
I beseech Thee, O my Lord, by Him Who is Thy Name, Who, through the power |
of Thy sovereignty and might, hath risen above the horizon of His prison, |
to ordain for every one what becometh Thee and beseemeth Thine exaltation. |
Thy might, in truth, is equal to all things. |
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